From COVID tongue to COVID toe, doctors have seen some bizarre cases By Meghan Rosen, 2022 Science News As we head into our third pandemic winter, most people are all too familiar with the signs of COVID-19. The disease wears many different faces and can show up as chills, cough, difficulty breathing or other troublesome jumbles of […]
Scientists with the RECOVER Initiative say they’re working as quickly as they can to find answers By Meghan Rosen, Staff Writer, Biological Sciences OCTOBER 24, 2022 AT 9:00 AM Science News You may have heard the big long COVID news that came out recently: A Scottish study reported that about half of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have not […]
Millions in the U.S. lost loved ones to COVID-19 and the pandemic interrupted the grieving process By Aimee Cunningham, MARCH 11, 2024, Science News March 11 marks the fourth anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic. COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, but there have been plenty of actions that suggest […]
The search for biomarkers could eventually lead scientists to tests and treatments By Meghan Rosen, MARCH 4, 2024 Science News When I talk to immunologist Paul Morgan, he’s on the hunt for potentially life-altering drugs. He’s got a call with a pharmaceutical company planned in the next half hour. His goal: persuade the company to supply his lab […]
MAY 30, 2024 – Authored by Megan Redshaw, J.D. via The Epoch Times At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks were a recommended public health measure to prevent transmission of the virus. Yet new research suggests masks were ineffective at reducing the risk of infection when Omicron became the dominant variant. In a study published in […]
Abstract Background Hypertension significantly contributes to the severity, prolonged hospitalization, the need for intensive care, and mortality of COVID-19 patients. However, the data is still evolving. This study investigated the predictors of severity among hypertensive COVID-19 patients. Methodology This cohort study included 333 hospitalized hypertensive COVID-19 patients at the Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, from April […]
Ithamar Cheyne • Venmanassery Sreejan Gopinath • Neeharika Muppa , et. al., May 15, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/ cureus.60376 Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 revealed a huge number of problems as well as discoveries in medicine, notably, regarding the effects of the virus on the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS). This paper is a narrative […]
Ahmed Jerah, May 28, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.61258 Cite this article as: Jerah A (May 28, 2024) Retrospective Evaluation of Hematological Parameters in COVID-19 Patients: Insights From the Emergency Department. Cureus 16(5): e61258. doi:10.7759/cureus.61258 Abstract Background: This retrospective study evaluated hematological parameters in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients to gain clinical insights. Methods: Data from the Emergency Department of Samtah […]
Raphael S. Peter, Alexandra Nieters, Siri Göpel, et. al.,doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.22.24307659 Abstract Objective To assess risk factors for persistence vs improvement and to describe clinical characteristics and diagnostic evaluation of subjects with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19/post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) persisting for more than one year. Design Nested population-based case-control study. Setting Comprehensive outpatient assessment, including neurocognitive, cardiopulmonary exercise, and laboratory testing in four university health centres in […]
Abstract Background Some studies suggest that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has contributed to diverting attention from other community-acquired infections (CAIs), leading to an increase in their incidence and severity. Our study aimed to describe and compare clinical features of CAI before and during the pandemic as a factor precipitating diabetes ketoacidosis (DKA). Methodology We included 250 […]